From life's first dawn his genius shed its rays, And nature owned him in his earliest days A willing suitor; skilled his lines to impart With all the love and graces of his art; His noble works are still admired and claim The first reward of an enduring fame. Translated by T. Mardy Rees in "Welsh Painters, Engravers and Sculptors, 1527-1911". Quoted in A. Bury (1947) "Richard Wilson R.A.: The Grand Classic".